Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-08

Ishook my head, fer the affair was indeed
serious. As one Of the poets says,
Hell hath no fury like woman scorned,
more especially II the woman Is queen and
sorais, and indeed feared the very worst,
including imminent danger to ourselves.
"Nyleptha must be told OF all this at once. y
said, "and perhaps had better tell her;
she might receive your account with sus-
pie'on. Who IL captsin Of her guard to-
nightr' rf
aGood.n
"Very well, then, there WIN be no chance
OF her being got at. Don't look surprised.
don't think that her sister would stick at
that. suppose one must tell Good VI what
has happened
AOh, don't know" said Sir, Henry. ut
would hurt his feelings, poor tellow You
see, he takes lively personal interest in
Sorais.n ErI. ~ 81. -
"That's true; and after oil perhaps there is
no need TO tell him. He viii find out the
truth soon enough. Now, you mark my
words: Sorais will throw IN her lot with
Nasta, who is sulking up in the north there,
and there will be such a war as has not been
known in Zu-Vcndis for centuries Look
therel" and pointed to two court messengers
who were speeding away from the door of
Sornis' private apartments. 'sNow follow
me- and ran up stairway into an outlook
tower that rose from the roof of our quarters
taking the spy glass with me, and looked out
over the palace wall The first thing we saw
was one OF the messengers speeding towards
the temple, bearing, without doubt the
queens word to the High Priest Agon, but
for the other Isearched in vain. Presently,
howevcr, / spicd horseman rushing furi.
ously through the northern gate of the city,
and in him recognized the other messenger.
"i.hl" said, "Sorais is woman of spirit.
She is acting at once, and will strike quick
aud hard. You have insulted her, my boy,
| and blood will flow in rivers before the stain
is washed away, and yours with It If she can
get hold Of you. Well, Pm off to Nyleptha.
Just stop where you are, old fellow, and try
to get your nerves straight again. You'll
need them all, ] can tell you, unless have
observed human nature in the rough for fifty
years for nothing And of went accord
ingly. 4N.
1. gained audience of the queen without
trouble. She was expecting Curtis, and was
not best pleased to see my mahogany colored
face instead.
us there aught wrong with my lord, Ma
cumazahn. that he waits not upon me! Say.
is he sickr'
Isaid that he was well enough, an6 then.
without further ado, plunged into nv story
and told it from beginning to end. Oh. what
a rage she few intol It was sight to 500
her, she looked so lovely.
"How darest thou come to me with such n
talep she cried. ut is lie to say that INV
lord was making love TO Sorais, nv sister y
Pardon me, o queen" answered; AZ said
that Sorais was making love to your lord"
spin me no spiders webs of words. Is
not the thing the same thingf The one Civ
eth, the other taketh; but the gift passes, and
what matters 1t which is the most guilty.
Sorais-oh, hate her!-Sorais is queen and
my sister. She had not stopped so low had
he not shown the way. Oh, truly hath the
poet said that man is like snake, whom to
touch is poison, and whom none can holdn
"Ths remark, y queen, is excellent, but
msthinks thou hast misread the poet. Nylep-
tina" | went on, "thou knowest well that thy
words are empty foolishness-that this is no
time for folly" sSt
"How darest thour she broke In, stamping
her foot. "Has my false lord sent thee to me
to insult me alsoa Who art thou, stranger.
thou shouldst speak to me, the queen, after
this sorta How darest thou?n
Yea, dare. Listen. The moments
which thou dost waste in idle anger NAV well
cost thee thy crown and all of us our lives
Already Sorais' horsenien go forth and call
to arms. In three days time Nasta will
rouse himself in his Businesses like q lion in
the evening, and his growing will be heard
throughout the north. The Lady of the
Night" (SoraiS "hath sweet voice, and she
win not sing in vain. Her banner will be
borne from range to range and valley to
valley, and warriors win spring up in its
track like dust beneath whirlwind: harf
the army will echo her war cry; and in every
town and hamlet Of this wide land the priests
will call out against the foreigner, and will
preach her cause as holy. have spoken, o
queen"
Nyleptha was quito calm row; her Jealous
anger had passed; and putting Off the char .
acter Of lovely, headstrong lady, she, with
rapidity and completeness that distin-
guished her, put on that of queen and a
woman of business. The Transformation was
sudden but entire.
@lhy words arc very wise, Macumazahn.
Forgive me my folly. Alb, what q queen
should be il only I had no heart! To be
heartless-that il to conquer all Passion is
like the lightning; it is beautiful, and it links
the earth to heaven, but alas, it blinds
sand thou thinkest that my sister Sorais
would levy war uron me. SO DO it. She
shall not prevail against me. /, too, have my
friends and my retainers. There are many,
/ say, who will s. out 'Nylepthar when my
pennon runs up on peak and pinnacle, and
tho light Of my watch fires leaps tonight
from crag to crag bearing che message of my
war. will break her strength and scatter
her armies. Eternal night shall be the por-
ton Of the Lady Of the Night Give me
that parchment and tho ink. So. Now sum-
mon me the officer in the ante room. He is
trusty man."
did as was bid, and the man, a veteran
and quiet looking gentleman of the guard.
named Kara, entered, bowling low.
"Take this parchment" said Nyleptha: ait
Is thy warrant, and guard every place of in
and out going in the apartments of my sis
ter Sorais, Lady of the Night and queen
Of the Zu-Vendi Let mono come In and
moro 60 out, or thy life shall pay the cost
Tho man looked startled, but lie merely said.
1.-THE queens word shall be done. y and depart
ed. Then Nyleptba sent q messenger to Sir